Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 32 for SLE 12)
Details
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52_122 fixes several issues.
The following security issue was fixed:
CVE-2017-15649: net/packet/afpacket.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of packetfanout data structures, because of a race condition (involving fanoutadd and packetdo_bind) that leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6346 (bsc#1064392)